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Lawrence Solomon – Needed: War Against Jihadists

  Needed – War Against Jihadists Lawrence Solomon Originally published in The Financial Post, Jan 18, 2013   Two years ago, before President Obama and other Western leaders gave their blessing to the Arab Spring by calling for the ouster of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the Middle East was ruled mostly by secular dictators who […]

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Wednesday’s “News in Review” Round-Up

  Contents: Israeli Election Results  |  Weekly Quotes |  Short Takes   Six Unexpected Lessons the Election Taught Us About Israelis: Anshel Pfeffer, Ha’aretz, Jan.23, 2013   On Topic Links   Why Netanyahu Failed and Lapid Surprised: Aluf Benn, Ha’aretz, Jan.23, 2013 Analysis: The Writing for Likud Was on The Street: Ben Hartman, Jerusalem Post, Jan. […]

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WITH ELECTIONs APPROACHING, NEW PRESSURES ON IRAN, WHICH “WANTS THE BOMB” — REVOLUTIONARY GUARD A NEW FOCUS

Download Today's Isranet Daily Briefing.pdf    Contents:                             (Please Note: articles may have been shortened in the interest of space. Please click link for the complete article – Ed.)     Effectively Confronting Tehran: Daniel Pipes, National Review, Jan. 8, 2013—As Americans seek to find an […]

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Book Review: Thinking the Twentieth Century, Judt, Tony, with Timothy Snyder

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  Reviewed by:  Ira Robinson, Academic Fellow, CIJR Concordia University   Judt, Tony, with Timothy Snyder.  Thinking the Twentieth Century.  New York, Penguin Press, 2012.  xvii + 414 pages.  ISBN:  978-1-59420-323-7   This is the last book written by Tony Judt, who gained fame as an intellectual historian of the twentieth century and much notoriety […]

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ISRAEL’S ELECTION: DEMOCRACY STRONG AS NETANYAHU WIN IN OFFING — IRAN REMAINS KEY, AS OBAMA, EUROPEAN PRESSURES LOOM

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  Download Today's Isranet Daily Briefing.pdf    Contents:                             (Please Note: articles may have been shortened in the interest of space. Please click link for the complete article – Ed.)     Making Conservative Choices: David M. Weinberg, Jerusalem Post, Jan. 20, 2013—Israelis will elect a […]

Israeli Electoral Politics: A Guide for the Perplexed

  Politics: A Political Guide for the Perplexed: Gil Hoffman, Jerusalem Post, Jan. 10, 2013   The Jerusalem Post has compiled the following Guide to the Perplexed about the 14 parties that have passed the threshold in at least three polls. Much of the information comes from the Israel Democracy Institute, which compiled platforms of all […]

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AS ITALIAN JEWISH LEADER, & 2000TH B’NEI MENASHE MAKE ALIYAH, MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD CONTINUES AMERICAN JIHAD

Toronto Event CIJR & Mordechai Kedar   Post-Election Israel in a Dangerous & Turbulent Middle East   Dr. Mordechai Kedar, an Israeli scholar of Arabic literature & lecturer at Bar Ilan University.  Dr. Kedar served for 25 years in the IDF Military Intelligence, where he specializes in Islamic groups, the political discourse of Arab countries, the Arabic […]

Montreal Community Colloquium – Israel’s Crucial Election: Regional & International Implications

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MONTREAL COMMUNITY COLLOQUIUM ISRAEL'S CRUCIAL ELECTION: REGIONAL & INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS   SUNDAY,JANUARY 27, 2013 @ 9:30 AM Adath Israel Congregation, 223 Harrow, Hampstead, PQ   Panelists: Prof. Ira Robinson, Chairman (Religion/Judaic Studies, Concordia U.)           Prof. Julien Bauer (Pol. Sci., UQAM);  Prof. Frederick Krantz (Liberal Arts College (History) Concordia U.); Prof. Csaba […]

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ENJEU CRUCIAL : COMBATTRE LA ‘PALESTINISATION’ DES UNIVERSITÉS IRAÉLIENNES

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            Combattre la ‘palestinisation’ des universités israéliennes, un enjeu crucial Pierre Itshak Lurçat upjf.org, 7 janvier 2013     « Des milliers d’étudiants israéliens sont dégoûtés par la ‘palestinisation’ des sciences sociales et refusent la réécriture de l’histoire du sionisme et la dissimulation des découvertes archéologiques considérables… » écrit Dror […]

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Perry Greenbaum : Israel’s Shift To The Right Not Surprising

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  Israel's Shift To The Right Not Surprising Perry Greenbaum An article in The New Yorker, by David Remnick, looks at Israel's increasing shift to the right, chiefly a result of Israelis over-all disenchantment with any possibility of genuine peace with the Palestinians. The shift is a natural by-product of Israel making concessions without any given by the Palestinians […]

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Manfred Gerstenfeld : Parties Queuing Up to Join the Next Government

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  Parties Queuing Up to Join the Next Government Manfred Gerstenfeld January 17, 2013   A few weeks ago, a poll found that 81% of Israelis were convinced that Benjamin Netanyahu would continue as Prime Minister after the elections on January 22nd. This may well account for much of the subdued public interest in the […]

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SHOULD CANADA INTERVENE? AS U.S. INTELLIGENCE FAILS AGAIN IN MALI, FRANCE EMBARKS ON OPEN-ENDED MILITARY INITIATIVE

Download Today's Isranet Daily Briefing.pdf    Contents:                             (Please Note: articles may have been shortened in the interest of space. Please click link for the complete article – Ed.)       Sending Soldiers to Mali May Be the Only Solution: Jennifer Welsh, The Globe and […]

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